Camden school board member calls Hope Act process 'a sham'

12:02 AM,
Aug. 13, 2012

Written by

Kevin C. Shelly
Courier-Post Staff

Changes imposed by the state midway through the school district's review of urban Hope Act school proposals have "tainted the process" and created "a process that's a sham," according to one of four school board members in open revolt against Department of Education edicts.

"The process is not good, not credible," board member Raymond L. Lamboy said after the revisions were disclosed last week. "They are constantly changing the process, which gives the impression that this is being done to arrive at a foregone conclusion."

Not only was the board caught off guard, so were the three current ...